Diamond Glue Co. v. Wietzychowski
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood HonorE, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On March 12, 1904, appellant owned and operated a glue factory in the city of Chicago. The building-consisted of three stories and above this a working platform. Running in a shaft between the first and third floors was a freight elevator used for conveying glue stock and other articles to and from the various floors. The elevator consisted of an open wooden platform about six by nine feet, sustained by a seven-eighths-inch wire cable fastened to the cross-beam at the top, and attached to the cross-beam was a spring, intended, in case the cable should break, to operate safety appliances,…
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